Army Corps approves JaxPort dredging project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved JaxPort’s application for dredging Wednesday by issuing a signed Chief’s Report. Congress will now consider the proposal, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown announced at a press conference at the port Wednesday. According to reports, Corrine Brown said the JaxPort project is now part of the Water Resources bill currently being hashed out in a Congressional committee. “I am absolutely thrilled that JaxPort’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief’s Report was approved today,” she said in a statement. “As a Conferee on the Water Resources Development Act and huge advocate for JaxPort and the city of Jacksonville, I have been working fo...